How old is to old.??

[BrianSteven72 369]

the key to all this is freedom of choice

There are far to many rules and laws already made by the minority of people telling everyone else what to do , if an year old women wants to get herself a pup for company them that is what she should be able to do we dont have the right to stop her nor should we !!! Edited February 9, 2012 by BrianSteven72

[Moll. 1,770]

It's the pup i feel for. A JRT needs loads of stimulation and exercise, not the kind of dog to just sit on a lap for it's youth.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

An old chap nr me whos 82 whos as fit as a fiddle and had kept and raced greyhounds in his younger days [bANNED TEXT] his old mongrel passed away the local rescue place sorted him out with a well behaved cross bred dog and hes over the moon with her as it gives him some thing to get up and out for but he told me a pup would have been too much for him.

 

I think that was what the 79 yr old was so annoyed about, the fact that her friend didn't get an older dog, plus a breeder was prepared to sell a pup to, what sounded like a very frail old lady in the first place,..

By who's defination was this old lady frail? Or are they presuming because she's then she's frail, my Gran died aged 96 until a few months before she died she would walk a 1/4 mile most days of the week to bingo, wouldn't entertain a taxi or a lift.

 

People live longer these days and where in the past 70- was your twilight years not so much the case these days, this country is fecked with racism, sexism and the likes, lets not be "ageist"

[mintstick999 485]

An old chap nr me whos 82 whos as fit as a fiddle and had kept and raced greyhounds in his younger days [bANNED TEXT] his old mongrel passed away the local rescue place sorted him out with a well behaved cross bred dog and hes over the moon with her as it gives him some thing to get up and out for but he told me a pup would have been too much for him.

 

I think that was what the 79 yr old was so annoyed about, the fact that her friend didn't get an older dog, plus a breeder was prepared to sell a pup to, what sounded like a very frail old lady in the first place,..

By who's defination was this old lady frail? Or are they presuming because she's then she's frail, my Gran died aged 96 until a few months before she died she would walk a 1/4 mile most days of the week to bingo, wouldn't entertain a taxi or a lift.

 

People live longer these days and where in the past 70- was your twilight years not so much the case these days, this country is fecked with racism, sexism and the likes, lets not be "ageist"

 

I agree, but from the way the 79 yr old was portraying her friend, she sounded like she wasn't safe with a gold fish, let alone a pup.

[Guest Sorley Boys clan]

she probably couldnt of picked a better dog for c**ts calling to her door the make plenty of noise an there not shy about putting the teeth in

[sowhat 1,572]

An old chap nr me whos 82 whos as fit as a fiddle and had kept and raced greyhounds in his younger days [bANNED TEXT] his old mongrel passed away the local rescue place sorted him out with a well behaved cross bred dog and hes over the moon with her as it gives him some thing to get up and out for but he told me a pup would have been too much for him.

 

I think that was what the 79 yr old was so annoyed about, the fact that her friend didn't get an older dog, plus a breeder was prepared to sell a pup to, what sounded like a very frail old lady in the first place,..

By who's defination was this old lady frail? Or are they presuming because she's then she's frail, my Gran died aged 96 until a few months before she died she would walk a 1/4 mile most days of the week to bingo, wouldn't entertain a taxi or a lift.

 

People live longer these days and where in the past 70- was your twilight years not so much the case these days, this country is fecked with racism, sexism and the likes, lets not be "ageist"

 

Well said Johnny boy

[mintstick999 485]

An old chap nr me whos 82 whos as fit as a fiddle and had kept and raced greyhounds in his younger days [bANNED TEXT] his old mongrel passed away the local rescue place sorted him out with a well behaved cross bred dog and hes over the moon with her as it gives him some thing to get up and out for but he told me a pup would have been too much for him.

 

I think that was what the 79 yr old was so annoyed about, the fact that her friend didn't get an older dog, plus a breeder was prepared to sell a pup to, what sounded like a very frail old lady in the first place,..

By who's defination was this old lady frail? Or are they presuming because she's then she's frail, my Gran died aged 96 until a few months before she died she would walk a 1/4 mile most days of the week to bingo, wouldn't entertain a taxi or a lift.

 

People live longer these days and where in the past 70- was your twilight years not so much the case these days, this country is fecked with racism, sexism and the likes, lets not be "ageist"

 

Well said Johnny boy

 

Well said Johnny boy

[poacher3161 1,766]

I remember years ago after advertiseing some springer pups an old chap was on the phone saying he would like one as company for him and his patcially disabled wife and after having told him they needed a lot of exercise he asked if they both could come and have a look i made them both welcome and after veiwing the pups wich i had let have run of the garden demolshing all the plants and flowers they agreed with me one of them would have been to much as i was dreading telling them they couldent have one.

[mintstick999 485]

I remember years ago after advertiseing some springer pups an old chap was on the phone saying he would like one as company for him and his patcially disabled wife and after having told him they needed a lot of exercise he asked if they both could come and have a look i made them both welcome and after veiwing the pups wich i had let have run of the garden demolshing all the plants and flowers they agreed with me one of them would have been to much as i was dreading telling them they couldent have one.

 

I think that if i bred a litter of pups that i would be keen on letting a person of that age to have one either,.. the pups best interest would be my first concern, could they walk it, was it going to get the best care, other wise it might end up being passed from pillar to post, and eventually find it's self in a rescue centre, (like so many others),

[The Duncan 802]

I remember years ago after advertiseing some springer pups an old chap was on the phone saying he would like one as company for him and his patcially disabled wife and after having told him they needed a lot of exercise he asked if they both could come and have a look i made them both welcome and after veiwing the pups wich i had let have run of the garden demolshing all the plants and flowers they agreed with me one of them would have been to much as i was dreading telling them they couldent have one.

 

I think that if i bred a litter of pups that i would be keen on letting a person of that age to have one either,.. the pups best interest would be my first concern, could they walk it, was it going to get the best care, other wise it might end up being passed from pillar to post, and eventually find it's self in a rescue centre, (like so many others),

Quite right Mintstick (why mintstick?) - I've had pups available in the past and made it very clear to any prospective owner just how much exercise they need - the welffare of the animal is paramount after all

[BIGLURKS 874]

I think it depends on the person my gran is walks 7 mile a day with a lab I retired early and still runs a b&b and looks after 3 of my young cousins In the school holidays ud be surprised what the old folk can get up too in a day

[bracken boy 584]

if she can walk then so can the dog if she cant well wots the point the dog will go mad, i know i would.

[martnmagik 68]

if she can walk then so can the dog if she cant well wots the point the dog will go mad, i know i would.

so cant the dog walk at the side of her electric scooter?

[Cookie423 21]

A dying wish granted: Homeless man reunited with his dog in Cedar Rapids

 

 

Kevin McClain holds his dog Yurt during their final reunion on May 11 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. McCain, who was battling lung caner, was homeless when paramedics took him to the hospital and he was separated from Yurt. Volunteers and Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control described Yurt as inconsolable when he was brought to the shelter. (Diana Gilchrist/Area Ambulance Service)

A community came together to grant a homeless man his last wish in Cedar Rapids.

That dying wish was to see his dog, Yurtie, one more time. It was a simple request, but one that meant the world to him in his final days.

People involved with the man’s last wish describe it as something they’ll never forget.

Now that he’s gone, they’ll always cherish the memories of the man and his best friend.

“She is full of energy and just brings so much love and energy into the home,” said Yurtie’s new owner, Kate Ungs.

Yurtie, also known as Yurt, is getting used to her new home after being adopted by Kate and Eric Ungs of Marion.

“When we first saw her online in the bio it said ‘has a very compelling story,’ but you know, at the time those were just words,” Eric Ungs said.

Yurt used to live with a homeless man, 57-year-old Kevin McClain, in his car in Cedar Rapids. But a month ago, he became ill with lung cancer.

Paramedics rushed him to Mercy Medical Center and later to Hospice House. Yurt went to the animal shelter.

“In the transition of moving him over from our ambulance cot to the bed, he told me ‘I have a dog,’” said Area Ambulance Service Paramedic Specialist Jan Erceg, who volunteers at the same animal shelter where Yurt was taken.

“He said her name is Yurt and at that moment, that was my ‘Aha’ moment,” Erceg said.

From the day Yurt and Kevin were separated, he asked to see her. It was his dying wish.

Kevin McClain holds his dog Yurt during their final reunion on May 11 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. McCain, who was battling lung caner, was homeless when paramedics took him to the hospital and he was separated from Yurt. Volunteers and Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control described Yurt as inconsolable when he was brought to the shelter. (Diana Gilchrist/Area Ambulance Service)

The Hospice House, Ambulance Service and shelter teamed up to make it happen.

“And the moment he opened those eyes and saw that dog, there was instant recognition and with Yurtie she licked his arms, she licked his face,” Erceg said.

“It was a couple days later that Kevin did pass away here at the Hospice House. So it just really seemed to work so perfect,” said Brandi Garrett, patient care coordinator at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House.

In the end, Yurt was there for her owner, even in death.

That’s a true companion that the Ungs know they’re now lucky to have.

“She’s our family and we’re her family, just a tight knit group,” Eric Ungs said.

[asanley 1,009]

Di ,I know your knocking on a bit , but you don,t need peoples approval , get the pup if you want it , your and still sexually active ffs you got years in front of you .